1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for study on forest harvest levels; 
1.3 	requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
1.7 	natural resources for a study of the ability to sustainably harvest at least 1,000,000 cords of 
1.8 	wood annually on state-administered forest lands. No later than January 2, 2018, the 
1.9 	commissioner must report the study's findings to the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
1.10 	over environment and natural resources policy and finance. This is a onetime appropriation.